Meet The Survivors

This introductory programme sets the scene for Survivor, ITV's latest ratings-busting monster, unleashed across the primetime schedules this week.

Described as 'the original extreme reality TV show', this is the British version of a show that took the U.S. by storm, its climactic finale notching up the biggest ever summer audience for a single programme.

Presented by ITN correspondent Mark Austin, Survivor follows 16 contestants as they battle their way through a series of challenges on a remote desert island. One of them will be voted off the island at the end of each episode and the last survivor left will win £1 million.

This curtain-raiser introduces the 16 would-be survivors, explains the rules and shows what living conditions are like on the island.